The two combatants had been evenly matched though out the tournament and neither team was giving anything away in the opening exchanges. Bay of Plenty were the first to cross the line after Teresa Edwards scored out wide with a nice dive.
Harbour always looked dangerous and hit back soon after. From here neither team could find any advantage, or way through the defence.
With seconds to go in the first half, BOP found some rhythm and after a neat scoop and long ball they finished with a Touchdown as the hotter sounded.
BOP had the lead as the second stanza begun and Harbour came out strong to wrestle it away from them. Nice hands through the line saw Kylee Osborne scoring out wide after an excellent pass from Katrina Amiria.
It was a similar scene not long after with Haroub's Katie Tehana the final ink in the chain and scorer. Delicia Wipa and Amiria also crossed and at 5-2 Harbour had turned the afterburners on and taken the game away from BOP.
Bay's Annette Almond runaway effort ended the match on a high for BOP but Harbour were too good in then, 5-3 victors and National Touch Chmapions.
Last Modified on 26/02/2013 15:00